Chaotic Emotions

The student newspaper The Clarion reviews Wuthering Heights:

Emily Brontë, a young 19th century writer of the time, had only written one novel in her lifetime – “Wuthering Heights.” The genre of the book is a work of fiction, with a romantic theme. (...)

Overall, this book felt very real to me. It made me feel like I was actively watching the characters and feeling their chaotic emotions with them. Watching the characters from a nonbiased view makes it more interesting to read.

I would recommend it to any young or older reader who is interested in Gothic themes and romantic tragedies – or people who romanticize tuberculosis (consumption). (Paige Shapiro)

The Brunswick News lists some of the new digital HD editions in April (in the US): 

"Emily": Historical drama featuring Emma Mackey as the titular sister of Charlotte and Anne Brontë who penned "Wuthering Heights" before passing away at age 30 in 1848.

The Washington Post considers Emily one of the best films of 2023 so far:

Emily

Emma Mackey plays the title character, author Emily Brontë, in actress-turned filmmaker Frances O’Connor’s provocatively revisionist biography. Ann Hornaday says: “O’Connor takes what little we reliably know about Emily’s life as the daughter of a Yorkshire clergyman and self-effacing sister to three artistically expressive siblings, and fleshes it out with generous helpings of speculation and outright fiction, using Brontë’s one and only novel, ‘Wuthering Heights,’ as a lens on her own inner wildness and longing.” (R, 130 minutes.)

Where to watch: Available April 11 on demand  (Ann Hornaday, Michael O'Sullivan, Thomas Floyd and Mark Jenkins)

News18 (India) recommends romance (sic) novels you should read:

“Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë: This gothic romance novel follows the story of Jane, an orphaned governess who falls in love with her employer, Mr Rochester. The novel is notable for its strong feminist themes and its exploration of class and gender roles. (Shreeja Bhattacharya)

The Conversation talks about the controversy around the colour-blind and allegedly woke re-readings of the new Great Expectations BBC series:

Then there’s Caryl Phillips’s The Lost Child, which rewrites Wuthering Heights acknowledging to the original’s implication that Heathcliff is Black. In Brontë’s novel, he arrives speaking a strange language and is described as dark-skinned, and is a castaway on a ship from America, which has led many to surmise he may have been a descendent of African slaves or Indian indentured labourers. (Beth Daley)

We won't enter the discussion. It's pointless in our opinion. Each generation has its own reading of classics mixed and filtered through contemporary social winds. And yes, each one thinks that theirs is the right one, the moral one, the faithful one.... the only difference is that now we have added a patronising element that considers all the other ones disgusting pieces of bigotry that should be cancelled. 

MDTheatre Guide announces the upcoming season of The Classic Theatre of Maryland, including a new adaptation of Jane Eyre:

CTM World Premiere Adaptation!

Jane Eyre

World Premiere Feb 9 – March 3, 2024

Experience Charlotte Brontë’s iconic novel of self-discovery, redemption and love brought to vibrant life onstage! CTM’s new adaptation sweeps the audience away with the mystery and romance of Jane’s compelling journey.

The Post Bulletin interviews the author Meg Hafdahl:

Jeff Kiger: In your books and your podcasts, feminism is often a theme. How does feminism connect with horror for you?

M.H: I think horror is naturally a female-driven genre, which surprises people. When a lot of people think horror, they think slasher. … But horror is much bigger than that. I like slashers, but I think, especially now, there's been a little bit of a shift where people are like, "Oh, maybe I do like horror movies, because I like Jordan Peele’s movies."

Back in the day, Mary Shelley and the Brontës, they were creating these really like Gothic environments. That made sense, because a woman's life was a Gothic environment then.

The 1840s railway mania in The York Press:

Railway fever reached its height in 1846. Ordinary people invested small savings, encouraged by railway promoters. But thousands of miles of railway were built recklessly. Schemes were launched in places which were never viable or profitable. Some lines duplicated those already in existence. Thousands of small investors lost money, including the Brontës. (Dave Welbourne)

Vulture discusses the series Swarm:

By episode five, Dre has returned to Houston with a density to her delusions that leads her to the attic that was once her bedroom, a memorial for Marissa aglow with lights and mementos, her former foster father pounding on the door before blowing it apart with a shotgun. She becomes a familiar vision, played out by Rochester’s wife in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and powerfully explored as a trope in Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar’s iconic 1979 literary study, The Madwoman in the Attic. (Angelica Jade Bastién)

Keighley News reports a list of films elaborated by the tourism company Wheelwrights York combining the viewer rankings across IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes along with their weekend Box Office performances:

Haworth also featured in the film, as it did in Jane Eyre, which made the list at number 20. (Alistair Shand)

Chipchick praises the wonders of cauliflower soups:

TheaBring out the best in this usually bland vegetable with this three-ingredient recipe for cauliflower soup. All you need is a fresh head of cauliflower, onions, and water or vegetable stock.

It sounds a bit dreary, like something they would serve in that boarding school for orphaned girls in Jane Eyre. But it’s actually a meal of brilliance. (Emily Chan)

Prospect Magazine reviews the film Nobody Loves You and You Don’t Deserve to Exist by Brett Gregory:

Its final, gloriously gloomy scenes evoke the gothic north of Wuthering Heights. (Sukhdev Sandhu)

Die Zeit (Germany) asks several writers about their expectations for the afterlife. One of them is Mithu Sanyal:

Schon in ihrem letzten Buch über Emily Brontë hatte sie über das Fortleben der Liebenden Cathy und Heathcliff aus Brontës Sturmhöhe als Geister geschrieben: "Das ist ihre Botschaft: Behaltet euren Himmel, wir haben das Moor und das Geheul des Windes, und in regnerischen Nächten könnt ihr uns aus dem Fenster von Wuthering Heights schauen sehen – weil wir nur in schönen Nächten über das Moor laufen." (Volker Weidermann) (Translation)

Educación 3.0 (Spain) recommends some new book like Alba Donati's La libreria sulla collina:

 Su día a día transcurre entre recomendaciones de lecturas, pedidos e ideas para hacer de esa cabaña cerca del bosque un lugar único donde, además de las novedades editoriales que Alba elige con mimo, el visitante se sumerge en un universo lleno de sorpresas: una estantería pirata para libros olvidados, calcetines con citas de Orgullo y prejuicio, calendarios de Emily Dickinson, o meriendas con un té que lleva el nombre de Charlotte Brontë y una mermelada que sabe a ‘Alicia en el país de las maravillas’.  (Translation)

Cinematografo (Italy) discusses the Mexican films of Luis Buñuel. Talking about Abismos de Pasión 1952:

Esemplare, per capire il complesso rapporto che si stabilisce in questa fase dell’opera buñueliana fra cinema d’autore e cinema di genere, fra un progetto “surrealista” e le esigenze dello star system messicano, cioè i compromessi a cui il regista esule deve assoggettarsi in Messico, è Cime tempestose, un film del 1952, scritto con Unik vent’anni prima. Buñuel lo gira con un cast assolutamente inadeguato. Non è un film memorabile, ma nella sequenza necrofila finale dell’incontro fra Alejandro e Catalina nella tomba di quest’ultima, si esprime già il migliore Buñuel narratore gotico, che ne farà poi una sorta di remake nell’episodio della visita al cimitero del questore alla sorella morta di Il fantasma della libertà. (Tonino Repetto) (Translation)

The New York Times has an article about the popularity of the name Emily.